Whether you’re working at a public school, a training center, or just doing some tutoring on the side, you can count on one thing – you’ll be teaching ESL hobbies at some point. I taught lessons on hobbies to ESL students of all ages, levels, and behavioral range. Sometimes it was fun and we had a few laughs, other times it was tough and things didn’t go smoothly. That’s what you’ll find out when you teach ESL: what worked in one class might not work in another. But if you have a consistent experience that’s the same in each then the chances that things will go well is greater. And that’s why I have tons of ESL PowerPoints on this site for you to use in your ESL classes. Today I’d like to talk about this cool ESL Hobbies PowerPoint that I used to use a lot when I was a teacher.

ESL Hobbies PowerPoint

The PPT has 43 slides and will start out with craft-type hobbies at first. Each slide has a large picture that’s real easy for everyone in class to see. You’ll click the mouse once to show the picture, which will fade in slowly. Click again to show the vocabulary word.

This format works really well when you want to play vocabulary games and such, or just review before a test or quiz. The slow reveal takes longer as well, meaning you won’t fly through this ESL PPT in just 5 minutes. Of course you could, but why the hell would you want to shoot yourself in the foot like that?

There are several sports-type hobbies listed as well, so this PPT can be used for other things. What works really well is to cut out the sports pictures and make another ESL PowerPoint lesson that you can build off of for something the next week. You’ll find lots of cool ESL PowerPoints like that on this site, and I encourage you to make them your own.

You’ll also notice that this ESL Hobbies PPT is fun. Students like seeing the pictures and don’t be surprised if they laugh, shout out, and talk excitedly in their native language. I try to make these PPTs fun and interesting, and long.

I’d say you can probably get 20 to 30 minutes out of this one, and a lot more if you have some supplemental handouts and worksheets. I know a word search using these 43 words would take a long time and would ensure your students are quiet.

So what are you waiting for? This ESL Hobbies PowerPoint will get you through another week of ESL classes, and for just $0.99! Buy your copy today!